print email comment close The History of Video Games URL: http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/ Description: An illustrated timeline about video games through 2001 that highlights ironies, such as the fact that "Atari was an American company with a Japanese name, and the Japanese company Sega was started by an American. Magnavox, the company that started it all, is owned by Phillips, a company that is over a century old, and Nintendo, the company that made video games popular again, is just as old." Includes links to related sites. Author: Herman, Leonard; Horwitz, Jer; Kent, Steve; Miller, Skyler Publisher: CNET Networks, Inc. Extra Keywords gamespot games spot Library of Congress Subject Headings: Video games Video games -- History -- Chronology LII Database Information: Record 12953 created by Maria Brandt on 02/28/2005 Last modification on 02/28/2005 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 05/02/2006 Published: 02/28/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12953